Tomekichi Homma, Canadian | by Geoff Meggs
The NAJC is pleased to share this story of Tomekichi Homma, a Japanese Canadian who took legal action in 1900 to challenge B.C.’s racist voting laws. Geoff Meggs has been working on this project since 2022 and gave permission for the NAJC to share this important story about a Japanese Canadian’s fight for voting rights. Given
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